The visiting team won all four contests in the series between 1917 Chicago and 1909 Detroit. Three of the contests were decided by one run. Shoeless Joe Jackson hit .467 (7-for-15) for the White Sox, while Ty Cobb had a team-best .385 (5-for-13) average for the Tigers.
Game #1: Chicago 2, Detroit 1
Detroit broke up a shutout and tied the game at one in the bottom of the eighth as Boss Schmidt doubled and scored on Davy Jones’ single. But the Tigers left the bases loaded. In the top of the ninth, the White Sox went back ahead as Nemo Leibold singled home the winning run following two walks. Eddie Cicotte gave up just one run and five hits in the win.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (2) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (1)
1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Nemo Leibold 4 0 1 2 Davy Jones 4 0 1 1
Buck Weaver 5 0 0 0 Donie Bush 4 0 1 0
Eddie Collins 3 0 0 0 Ty Cobb 2 0 1 0
Joe Jackson 4 0 0 0 Sam Crawford 3 0 1 0
Happy Felsch 4 0 1 0 Jim Delahanty 3 0 0 0
Chick Gandil 4 0 1 0 George Moriarty 4 0 0 0
Swede Risberg 2 2 2 0 Tom Jones 4 0 0 0
Ray Schalk 2 0 0 0 Boss Schmidt 4 1 1 0
Eddie Cicotte AXZ 2 0 0 0 Ed Killian A 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 2 5 2 TOTALS 30 1 5 1
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 010 001 -- 2
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 010 -- 1
LOB--1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 9, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 7.
ERR--Buck Weaver, Donie Bush. 2B--Boss Schmidt, Ty Cobb.
SACB--Eddie Cicotte AXZ (2), Jim Delahanty, Ed Killian A.
SB--Nemo Leibold, Donie Bush.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eddie Cicotte AXZ [W] 9.00 5 1 1 3 5 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
Ed Killian A [L] 9.00 5 2 2 6 4 0
Game #2: White Sox 7, Tigers 3
Detroit took a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning after Sam Crawford’s second RBI of the contest. But Chicago exploded for five runs in the top of the seventh, with winning pitcher Reb Russell providing an RBI triple, Eddie Collins knocking a two-run single and Shoeless Joe Jackson recording an RBI double.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (7) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (3)
1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Nemo Leibold 4 1 0 0 Davy Jones 4 0 0 0
Buck Weaver 4 1 1 0 Donie Bush 4 1 1 0
Eddie Collins 5 1 1 2 Ty Cobb 4 1 3 0
Joe Jackson 3 0 2 1 Sam Crawford 4 0 1 2
Happy Felsch 4 0 0 0 Jim Delahanty 2 1 1 0
Chick Gandil 3 0 1 0 George Moriarty 4 0 1 0
Swede Risberg 4 1 0 0 Tom Jones 3 0 0 0
Ray Schalk 4 2 1 1 Boss Schmidt 3 0 1 0
Reb Russell BZ 4 1 1 2 George Mullin AY 3 0 0 0
Matty McIntyre 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 7 7 6 TOTALS 32 3 8 2
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 020 000 500 -- 7
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 011 010 000 -- 3
LOB--1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 6.
ERR--Buck Weaver, Tom Jones. 2B--Joe Jackson, Sam Crawford.
3B--Ray Schalk, Reb Russell BZ. HBP--Jim Delahanty.
SB--Eddie Collins, Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb (2).
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Reb Russell BZ [W] 9.00 8 3 3 3 0 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
George Mullin AY [L] 9.00 7 7 7 4 8 0
Game #3: Tigers 5, White Sox 4
Three times in the first six innings, the Tigers went up one run. Three times, the White Sox evened it up. Detroit then scored twice in the seventh on Ty Cobb’s RBI triple and Sam Crawford’s run-scoring single. The White Sox could only get one more in the bottom of the seventh, then had runners in scoring position in the eighth and ninth but couldn’t bring anyone home.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (5) AT 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (4)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Davy Jones 4 0 0 0 Nemo Leibold 5 1 2 0
Donie Bush 5 3 2 0 Buck Weaver 5 0 2 0
Ty Cobb 4 1 1 2 Eddie Collins 5 0 0 1
Sam Crawford 4 0 2 1 Joe Jackson 4 1 3 0
Jim Delahanty 3 1 1 0 Happy Felsch 4 1 0 0
George Moriarty 3 0 0 1 Chick Gandil 4 1 3 1
Tom Jones 4 0 1 1 Swede Risberg 4 0 1 1
Boss Schmidt 4 0 0 0 Ray Schalk 4 0 1 1
Ed Willett B 4 0 1 0 Red Faber A 3 0 0 0
Shano Collins 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 35 5 8 5 TOTALS 39 4 13 4
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 101 001 200 -- 5
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 010 101 100 -- 4
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 8, 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8.
ERR--Ed Willett B, Eddie Collins. 2B--Donie Bush, Chick
Gandil (2). 3B--Ty Cobb. HBP--Jim Delahanty, George
Moriarty. SACF--Ty Cobb. SB--Sam Crawford (2), Donie Bush
(2), Ray Schalk, Buck Weaver (2).
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Willett B [W] 9.00 13 4 3 0 4 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Red Faber A [L] 9.00 8 5 5 2 5 0
Game #4: Tigers 3, White Sox 2
Chicago led 2-1 for much of the game but Detroit scored twice in the top of the ninth on an RBI single by Boss Schmidt and an RBI triple by Davy Jones. The White Sox got the tying run to second base with one out but Detroit held on.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (3) AT 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (2)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Davy Jones 4 0 1 1 Nemo Leibold 5 1 2 0
Donie Bush 5 0 1 0 Buck Weaver 4 0 1 1
Ty Cobb 3 0 0 0 Eddie Collins 5 0 1 0
Sam Crawford 4 0 1 0 Joe Jackson 4 0 2 0
Jim Delahanty 3 1 0 0 Happy Felsch 4 0 0 0
George Moriarty 4 0 2 0 Chick Gandil 4 0 0 0
Tom Jones 4 1 2 0 Swede Risberg 4 0 1 0
Boss Schmidt 4 0 1 2 Ray Schalk 3 1 2 0
Ed Summers BZ 4 1 0 0 Lefty Williams CY 3 0 0 1
Shano Collins 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 35 3 8 3 TOTALS 37 2 10 2
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 010 000 002 -- 3
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 100 100 000 -- 2
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 8, 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 10.
ERR--Lefty Williams CY. 2B--Tom Jones, Nemo Leibold, Shano
Collins. 3B--Davy Jones, Ray Schalk. SB--George Moriarty, Ty
Cobb, Tom Jones, Eddie Collins, Nemo Leibold, Ray Schalk.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Summers BZ [W] 9.00 10 2 2 2 3 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Lefty Williams CY [L] 9.00 8 3 3 3 4 0
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